{"id":44695,"date":"2021-10-27T18:02:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T18:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/uae-s-minister-of-state-for-foreign-affairs-visits-kigali-genocide-memorial\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T10:25:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T10:25:40","slug":"uae-s-minister-of-state-for-foreign-affairs-visits-kigali-genocide-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/uae-s-minister-of-state-for-foreign-affairs-visits-kigali-genocide-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE\u2019s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs visits Kigali Genocide Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sheikh Shakhboot visited the memorial on Wednesday 27th October 2021 along with his delegation that accompanied him to Rwanda.   <\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival at the memorial, the official laid wreaths to the mass grave where over 250,000 victims are laid to rest. The delegation was also taken through different sections of the memorial and shown a documentary film depicting how Genocide against Tutsi was executed with extreme cruelty.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Shakhboot wrote in the memorial&#8217;s guest book commending the bravery of Genocide survivors and the good leadership of President Paul Kagame which has transformed Rwandans\u2019 lives.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are here to condole with you, restore the dignity and pay homage to victims of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi.  We pay tribute and remember everyone who lost life,\u201d he said.   <\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Shakhboot thanked Rwanda for leaving the dark past behind to strive for peace and security highlighting that UAE will stand with Rwanda to fight against ethnic divisionism, strive for unity and brotherhood across the world as a legacy inherited from late Sheikh Zayed, the founding father and the principal driving force behind the formation of UAE. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemembering these times, challenges us to redouble our efforts to continue working together as partners to change the society and build a prosperous future,\u201d he noted.  <\/p>\n<p>During his visit to Rwanda, Sheikh Shakhboot was received by President Paul Kagame on 26th October 2021 with whom they held talks revolving around deepening bilateral ties.  <\/p>\n<p>He also met with the Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Charge of East African Community, Prof. Nshuti Manasseh and discussed Rwanda\u2019s investment opportunities in the areas of agriculture, mining, transport and technology among others.   <\/p>\n<p>The official recently visited Rwanda\u2019s stand at the ongoing Dubai Expo where he thanked Rwanda\u2019s visionary leadership that made the country a role model on the continent.  <\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan was appointed UAE\u2019s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in February 2021. He had been serving as his country\u2019s ambassador to Saudi Arabia prior to his new appointment.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39885 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/d40a6706photo.jpg\" alt=\"Sheikh Shakhboot thanked Rwanda for leaving the dark past behind to strive for peace and security highlighting that UAE will stand with Rwanda to fight against ethnic divisionism. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39886 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/d40a6695photo.jpg\" alt=\"Sheikh Shakhboot and his delegation was also taken through different sections of the memorial to learn about history of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39884 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/d40a6771photo.jpg\" alt=\"Sheikh Shakhboot writing the the memorial&#039;s guest book.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39882 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/d40a6669photo.jpg\" alt=\"Sheikh Shakhboot after laying wreaths on a mass grave at Kigali Genocide Memorial.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39883 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/d40a6685photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39887 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/d40a6749photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39888 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/d40a6702photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The United Arab Emirates (UAE)\u2019s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan has visited Kigali Genocide Memorial where he paid tribute to victims of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi laid there.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-44695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44695"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=44695"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=44695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}